Scenic drive through virgin pine, Itasca State Park, Minnesota, circa 1935

Subjects: Forests & Trees National & State Parks
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1937 (Linen)

Back of Scenic drive through virgin pine, Itasca State Park, Minnesota, circa 1935, Park Rapids, MN, USA, c. 1937 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A paved road curves through a dense stand of tall red pines, their bare trunks rising to a high green canopy, in Itasca State Park, Minnesota. The caption calls the stand "Virgin Pine," referring to the old-growth white and red pines preserved in the park. Itasca State Park, established in 1891, is Minnesota's oldest state park and contains the headwaters of the Mississippi River; its surviving virgin pine stands are among the few remnants of the great north woods timber that was logged across the region in the late 19th century.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

7/30/51 Dear Mom & Dad; Here Don & I are in the clean cool air way up at Bemidji & the kids all down packed into one [illegible] here. We went thru [illegible] State Park this afternoon & ate lunch there. Potato salad & ants & ham sandwiches, & ants & milk & ants, awful good that is for ants. The waves are high right now & the swimming is fairly strong. — no Don isn't talking high now. He's busy chewing on my pencil. I guess he thinks I'll stop writing. I located him the [illegible] ball point pen. Bye. Bye Don.

PostmarkedChicago, Burlington Route R.P.O., July 31, 1951, 10:30

Addressed to

Mr. & Mrs. A. Sylchow

1050 Beach Ave., St. Paul, MN

Postcard record

Postmarked	July 31, 1951, 10:30, Chicago, Burlington Route R.P.O.
Publisher	Northern Minnesota Novelties
Series	BM-30
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Mr. & Mrs. A. Sylchow, 1050 Beach Ave., St. Paul, MN
Place depicted	Itasca State Park, Park Rapids, MN
Publisher	Northern Minnesota Novelties, Crosslake, MN
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1937
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a white border; series/card number printed vertically along the right edge. Postmark: MID'S JUL 31 10 30 AM 1951 (vertical R.P.O. text: CHICAGO, BURLINGTON, ROUTE). Linen-era divided-back card with white border; light edge/corner wear and a few foxing spots on the address side.

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Scenic drive through virgin pine, Itasca State Park, Minnesota, circa 1935, postcard, c. 1937. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/scenic-drive-through-virgin-pine-itasca-state-park-minnesota. Accessed October 24, 2026.